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Pratikraman
it gets washed off. He does pratikraman for all the atikraman he did.
Questioner: So he does not do any arikraman in a *four-legged' life. He goes there to suffer.
Dadashri: There is no other problem. He suffers it for the sake of suffering; that is all. He returns to human life after suffering it all. It is not that he will remain stuck there; he will not be able to remain stuck there even if he says he wants to. He will be asked to leave as soon as he has paid off his karmic debt (hisaab).
Questioner: Will one go to the animal life if he has done a lot of atikraman?
Dadashri: The fruit of many atikraman is a life in the animal form. And the consequence of even worse atikraman is a life in hell.
Suffering According to the Account of Karma
All this corruption and adulteration is equivalent to bestiality (paashavata). This will lead to a life in the animal form. One will have to go there and suffer it, won't he?
Questioner: Whatever it is, good or bad; one has to pay off the karmic account and then leave, does he not?
Dadashri: Yes, all the accounts, credit or debit, will have to be paid off. After attaining this Gnan, we have a way not to create any new accounts. You do not bind any karma as long as You remain as the Shuddhatma, and if you slip from the Shuddhatma state and do atikraman, then by doing pratikraman you will wash it off - provided that you remain in awareness! Otherwise, some of the karmas that were bound prior to attaining this Gnan have been dissolved and are gone, and those karmas that have jelled solid will have to be suffered. But that will not be for too long.
Questioner: What should I do about all kinds of mistakes that I made before meeting You, Dada?
Dadashri: You have to do collective (jathu) pratikraman for that. Collective means together. Do it for half an hour a day. Do pratikraman even for throwing a stone at some boy when you were young. The pudgal (the non-Self complex of mind, speech and body) will become pure (shuddha) when you do pratikraman.
Questioner: Many people take better care of pets than they do of humans.
Dadashri: That is because there are some fortunate ones (punyashadi - one with merit karma) too, even those who do atikraman have merit karma (punya) and these pets are treated royally.
Questioner: So they have done hurtful karma (arikraman) as well as merit karma (helpful karma), both karmas together. Dadashri: They do arikraman for the good of others.
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Questioner: Can pratikraman destroy demerit karma (paap), regardless of how grave it is?
Dadashri: No matter how grave a sin (paap) one has committed, it will be destroyed if one does pratikraman.
Questioner: Even if one has murdered someone?
Questioner: But you said that arikraman done for the good of others is not considered a mistake.
Dadashri: It gives merit karma (punya). He would even come as an ox belonging to royalty.
Dadashri: Yes, not just one or two murders, but even for
